Harness attachment



(No Model.)

S. HEMPHILL.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

` No. 286,004. A Patented Oct. 2, 1888.

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SYLVESTR HEMPHILL, OF BELMONT, VISOONSIN.

HARNESS ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,004, dated October 2, 1883.

Application filed April 18,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvnsrER HEMPHILL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Belmont, in the county of Lafayette andnState of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Harness Attachments, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as-Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in harness attachments; .and the object is to construct a checkerein hook and back-strap holder in one piece not a part of the backyoke, and which is detachable from the backyoke.

My invention therefore consists in a holder for check-reins and back-straps in harnesses, formed with a forward turned-down'checkrein hook and a back-strap loop provided Wi th a downward-extendin g hook or prong, the whole adapted to set to the radical configuration of the back-yoke.

My invention further consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts, aswill be hereinafter more fully and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying` drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure lis a perspective view of my improved device attached to the back-yoke, with check-rein and backstrap fixed thereto, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the device.

The letter A represents my improved holder for check-reins and back-strap, formed with the check-rein hook B, which is turned down and bent under far enough so that the end of the hook shall rest on the back-yoke, thus forming a lock for retaining` the check-rein, and securing it from accidental releasement. The body ofthe holder is formed with a step, c, and wall b, made to conform to the confguration of the back-yoke, the former serving as a rest for the holder and the latter as a guard or stay, preventing` forward displacement. The after part or limb, C, is formed with a strap-hole, c, in which the back-strap is se` cured by any suitable means. Depending from the body is the hook D, formed to hook in the link on the back-yoke, and serves to re- .tain the holder in place, substantially as shown. The limb C of the holder is inclined, so that the end falls below the link on the yoke, the object being to obtain an upward pressure on the holder by the back-strap, which draws the step c well down on the yoke, and also presses the point of the check-rein hook down on the yoke.

It will be observed that bygthis construction I do notonly obtain a detachable holder, but at the same time provide a self-adjusting device fully meeting all the purposes for which made.

I claim the right to vary the construction of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.v

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A holder for check-reins and back-straps, formed with a forward clieck-rein hook the lip of which extends back to the rest on the backyoke, the body adapted to the configuration of the back-yoke, and the back-strap holder provided With the hook adapted to engage a staple or link on the back-yoke, substantially as described.

2. The holder for check-rein and back-straps herein described, consisting of the check-rein hook B, the body formed with the strip c and wall b, the limb C, with strap-hole c, and hook D, the whole arranged and adapted to the purposes specified.

3. In combination with a back-yoke of a harness, the check-rein and back-strap holder composed ofthe turned-down check-rein hook, a back-strap loop, and a downwardextending hook or prong, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with a back-yoke and back-strap, the check-rein and back strap holder composed of the turned-down checkrein hook, aback-strap loop, and a downwardextending hook or prong, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SYLVESTER HEMPHILL.

Witnesses:

J. G. Romains, N. T. OLMsTEAD. 

